Scotland’s Public Health Emergency Continues
12th March 2024 Suspected drug deaths in Scotland rose 9.6% last year. Figures provided to the Scottish Government…
A tribute to Garry Thomson
The whole team at SDF were extremely saddened to hear of the recent passing of one of our…
SDF Traineeship now accepting applications from across Scotland
3 November 2023 SDF are happy to announce that applications are now open for the Addiction Worker Training…
SDF Statement on Scotland’s Public Health Emergency
Scotland has made an inadequate response to the on-going public health emergency and now faces the emerging threat…
Evaluation of national overdose response campaign welcomed
An independent evaluation of last year’s ‘How to Save a Life’ mass media campaign shows it had a…
Peer naloxone champions celebrate the supply of the 3000th naloxone kit by innovative programme
The 8th National Peer Naloxone Network meeting has taken place at SDF’s office in Glasgow. This was an…
NGO coalition responds to Scottish Government Report
Statement of Support for the Scottish Government Report A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for…
Celebrate! Addiction Worker Trainees graduate on pathway to working in services
Thursday 29 June Nineteen new graduates from the SDF Addiction and Recovery Worker Training Projects (AWTP) celebrated their…
Julie joins SDF as Director of Operations
19 June 2023 SDF is delighted to have Julie Heslin McCartney join the SDF management team today in the post…
New SDF resource raises awareness of MAT Standards implemented in April
SDF has produced a leaflet / poster describing what people should now expect from all drug treatment services…